By The FirstThe President of China is in town, and Trump has pulled out all the stops. Why is Trump being so hospitable to our nation’s greatest enemy? A listener said it’s because of Romans 12:20, which includes an expression I always found interesting. What does it mean to “heap burning coals” on someone’s head? And is that what Trump is doing to Xi?
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